Have you ever seen something so intricate or beautiful like a ring or bracelet and wondered how it was made? That was the first thing I said before I learned and taught myself how to make jewelry a few summers ago. Now I say it is one of my best skills.
It all started with the camp I went to as a child, it was called Summer Trails Day Camp in Somers, New York. At this camp there were many activities that changed daily, things like basketball, nature, project adventure and boating. Certain things happened daily like morning meetings with the whole Upper Grove, grove is what they called each section and there were three of them, and swimming twice a day, the morning was instructional and the afternoon was the free swim. One thing that happened once a week was Jewelry with these sweet older ladies that were the wives of the camp owners, Jewelry was my favorite thing to do a Summer Trails, because it was the only thing other than Arts and Crafts that let out my creativity. We made so many things over the years I went to that camp from rings to bracelets with soda tops to chocker necklaces to earrings that I still wear. Jewelry became the best thing for me in Summer Trails because it was something completely different and enjoyable.
So after I worked at Summer Trails for a summer I forgot about my love of Jewelry for a little while since I had school work to think about. After that time I remembered when my mom and I were on a beach in Cape Cod, we saw a woman making different Jewelry sets while she was lounging in the sun and it made me want to do it again. With that my mom and I went to AC Moore in my hometown and bought a case for the beads and a whole treasure trove of beads for me to work with, but one thing was still amiss, I did not really know what I was doing and need to get better guidance on how to make more intricate things. This was when my mom found me a teacher, a kind woman who knew how to make some of the most amazing looking jewelry I had ever seen, things I wanted to do the minute I saw them. Patty was her name, and Patty taught me most of what I know now.
I think I’m good at it or at least I like to think that way. Everyone seems to enjoy what I make and put together for them. Since it has become my creative outlet there has been a lot of positive support for my jewelry, which I have made.
In the future I want to keep doing this and making everything I love. I have plans to sell some of it hopefully this winter break or next summer, online. There is a website called Etsy that you can have an online store for your handmade crafts that everyone will see if they search what you make like Wire crochet necklace or handmade pokeball hat, or anything else you can think of. I hope to make a store for myself and hopefully make money doing another thing I love.
Have you ever seen something so intricate or beautiful like a ring or bracelet and wondered how it was made? That was the first thing I said before I learned and taught myself how to make jewelry a few summers ago. Now I say it is one of my best skills.
It all started with the camp I went to as a child, it was called Summer Trails Day Camp in Somers, New York. At this camp there were many activities that changed daily, things like basketball, nature, project adventure and boating. Certain things happened daily like morning meetings with the whole Upper Grove, grove is what they called each section and there were three of them, and swimming twice a day, the morning was instructional and the afternoon was the free swim. One thing that happened once a week was Jewelry with these sweet older ladies that were the wives of the camp owners, Jewelry was my favorite thing to do a Summer Trails, because it was the only thing other than Arts and Crafts that let out my creativity. We made so many things over the years I went to that camp from rings to bracelets with soda tops to chocker necklaces to earrings that I still wear. Jewelry became the best thing for me in Summer Trails because it was something completely different and enjoyable.
So after I worked at Summer Trails for a summer I forgot about my love of Jewelry for a little while since I had school work to think about. After that time I remembered when my mom and I were on a beach in Cape Cod, we saw a woman making different Jewelry sets while she was lounging in the sun and it made me want to do it again. With that my mom and I went to AC Moore in my hometown and bought a case for the beads and a whole treasure trove of beads for me to work with, but one thing was still amiss, I did not really know what I was doing and need to get better guidance on how to make more intricate things. This was when my mom found me a teacher, a kind woman who knew how to make some of the most amazing looking jewelry I had ever seen, things I wanted to do the minute I saw them. Patty was her name, and Patty taught me most of what I know now.
I think I’m good at it or at least I like to think that way. Everyone seems to enjoy what I make and put together for them. Since it has become my creative outlet there has been a lot of positive support for my jewelry, which I have made.
In the future I want to keep doing this and making everything I love. I have plans to sell some of it hopefully this winter break or next summer, online. There is a website called Etsy that you can have an online store for your handmade crafts that everyone will see if they search what you make like Wire crochet necklace or handmade pokeball hat, or anything else you can think of. I hope to make a store for myself and hopefully make money doing another thing I love.